I need a sewing pattern to make a easy slip off cover for car seat headrest?

Question

I need a sewing pattern to make a easy slip off cover for car seat headrest. My boyfriend has tvs in his head rests in his car. I want him to have something nice to slip on and off for security reasons. I don't want them to get stolen.

Answer 1

Got some wax paper?  Place a sheet on the side of the headrest, and use your fingernail to copy the seamline around the edge.    Mark the top edge.

Take a look at the shape you've drawn, and find the widest part... draw a horizontal line there on your wax paper.  

Draw two lines extending perpendicular to the horizontal line, at the intersection of the original shape.  Now you've got a shaped upper part

and a straight up and down lower part.  

Add 1" all around the pattern you've just made -- this is a combination of a little extra ease and a 5/8" seam allowance.  Add an additional 1/2" at the bottom for hem.  

Measure around the edges of the pattern, excluding the bottom edge.  Just for grins, let's say this was 8" high in the back, 2" of thickness, and 9" down the front of the pattern piece... 8+2+9 = 19"

Now measure across the width of the widest part of the headrest... let's say that measures 12".  Add 1 3/4" to that to get 13 3/4" (that 1 3/4" addition is two 5/8" seam allowances and a bit for ease.

Cut two pieces like your wax paper pattern, and 1 piece 19"x 13 3/4" (change that to whatever you actually measure).  Use a piece of cheap fabric similar in stretchiness and thickness to what you want to use.  Sew the three pieces together using a 5/8" seam allowance.  Try it on the headrest, seam allowances sticking out.  Pin out any fitting changes you want to make.  Mark a hem.  Make sure you can put it on the headrest easily.  

Transfer any changes you make to your pattern, cut and sew the "good" covers.

If this doesn't make sense, I'll sketch you up a schematic.  Basically, you're making a tote bag without handles, with shaped sides, and then putting it upside down over the headrest.

Wax paper is great for capturing seam details when you have to make a pattern off of something already sewn.  Keep a piece in your handbag when shopping, just in case you want to capture a pocket detail or such on ready to wear.